Culms solitary or tufted, erect, 30–60 cm tall. Leaf blade involute when dry, rigid, abaxial surface smooth, adaxial surface scabrous. Spike curved or nodding, branched at base, 7–11 cm excluding awns; rachis slender. Spikelets 1 per node, purplish green, ± nitid, 14–22 × 4–7 mm; pedicel 0.5–2 mm. Glumes lanceolate, distinctly 3-veined or distal glume 4-veined, scabrous, apex acute or acuminate; proximal glume 1.5–3 mm; distal glume 3–4.5 mm. Lemma lanceolate, scabrous or subglabrous; first lemma 9–10 mm; awn reflexed, 2.5–3 cm, scabrous. Palea 8–9 mm, puberulent abaxially, ciliate along distal 1/3 of keels, apex truncate. Anthers yellow, 1.5–2.5 mm. Fl. and fr. late summer. 2n = 28*.
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